Heavy Duty Diesel Technician

Heavy Duty Diesel Technician

Salary: $93,579.20 - $ Annually

Location: 3701 96th St. SW, Lakewood, WA

Job Type: Full-time

Job Number: 2790-26A

The top wage listed above includes all eligible premiums (graveyard shift differential and ASE certifications) which are available after completion of probation.

Working for Pierce Transit gives you access to the following benefits, (check-out the ATU Local 758 Collective Bargaining Agreement, click the Benefits tab above, or read on for details):

• $2500 moving expense reimbursement
• ASE Certification Pay (up to $3 per hour)
• Shift Differential Pay (up to 20% under pilot program with ATU)
• $500 Annual Tool Allowance
• Boot Reimbursement
• No Social Security tax on wages (extra 6.2% in your pocket)
• Excellent medical, vision and dental coverage
• Time off – generous vacation, sick leave and holiday (11 fixed and 2 floating holidays) plan, including up to 2 wellness days (up to 39 days off per year for the first 4 years, increases after that)
• Washington State Public Employees Retirement System Plan – Defined Benefit Pension Plan
• Matching 457 Deferred Compensation Plan (starts at 4.25%)

Pierce Transit is an independent municipal organization, dedicated to fulfilling the mission of improving people's quality of life by providing safe, reliable, innovative, and useful transportation services that are locally based and regionally connected.

Founded in 1979, Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (Pierce Transit) is a nationally recognized leader in the public transportation industry. Pierce Transit covers 292 square miles of Pierce County with roughly 70% of the county population. Servicing Washington’s second largest county, we provide three types of service:
Fixed Route, SHUTTLE Paratransit, and Vanpool which help get passengers to jobs, schools and appointments. Learn More Here

Heavy Duty Diesel Technicians at Pierce Transit work diligently to serve our community so that service can roll out each morning. Ideal candidates will have a reputation for prioritizing safety, demonstrating reliability, and taking great pride in their work. Regular duties in this role will include:

• Preventative maintenance.
• Troubleshooting and diagnosing issues.
• Repairing natural gas, EV and diesel-powered vehicles and equipment.
• Diagnoses malfunctions and adjusts fuel, electrical, programmable logic controls (PLC's) and mechanical systems to specifications.
• Repairs, adjusts, or replaces complete or integral parts of natural gas, EV, and diesel engines, transmissions, drive trains and differentials, and lubrication, cooling, exhaust after treatment, and air or hydraulic systems.
• Diagnosis, repairs and/or maintains automatic transmissions and engines in buses.
• Inspects,adjusts, troubleshoots, and repairsbus door operation, air-ride systems,steering systems, and wheelchair lifts.
• Enters work order data on Agency computers.

Must be at least eighteen (18) years old. Graduation from High School or equivalent and completion of afour (4) year diesel mechanic apprentice program or equivalent education and experience as a heavy-duty diesel technician.

• Must possess a valid Washington State driver license at time of application, with maintenance thereafter.
• Must obtain a Class B Commercial License Permit (CLP) prior to hire and successfully obtain a Class B Commercial Driver License (CDL) with air brake and passenger endorsement within ninety (90) days of hire, with maintenance thereafter.
• Must maintain acceptable driving record throughout employment.

Pierce Transit will pay and instruct you on-site to get your Class B CDL with some of the best driving instructors in the industry.

• Methods, materials, tools, and standard practices related to the maintenance and repair of heavy-duty vehicles and equipment.
• Principles of spark/compression-ignited engines.
• Safety precautions followed in heavy equipment repair shops

• Use jacks, wrenches, grease guns, hydraulic hoists, cleaning materials and other tools and equipment used in the service and repair of heavy equipment.
• Under…